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Raja Zafar-ul-Haq

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq
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Raja Zafar-ul-Haq (left) with Malik Khurshid Sultan
Pakistan Senator from the Punjab
In office
12 March 2012 – 12 March 2013
Leader of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
March 12, 2015
Minister of Religious Affairs
In office
21 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
President Rafiq Tarar
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Jehangir Bader
Succeeded by Muhammad Abdullah
Pakistan Ambassador to Egypt
In office
1984–1985
Personal details
Born Raja Muhammad Zafar-ul-Haq
(1935-11-18) November 18, 1935 (age 81)
Matore, Punjab, British India
(now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Citizenship Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1988-Present)
Alma mater Government College University
Punjab University
Cabinet Nawaz Sharif government
Committees Defence
Foreign Affairs
Law and Justice
Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony
Finance Committee

Raja Muhammad Zafar-ul-Haq (Urdu: راجہ ظفرالحق; born 18 November 1935), is a Pakistan senator from the Punjab, serving since March 2009, diplomat, and conservative figure.

His statesmanship started in 1980s and had a successful diplomatic career before his entry in national politics. A practising lawyer, he served in the Ministry of Religious Affairs as its minister from 1997–99, and played a crucial role in religious policy of the country.

Raja M. Zafar-ul-Haq son of Raja Fazal Dad Khan was born in Matore, Tehsil Kahuta Rawalpindi on 18 November 1935, a descendant of the Raja Kala Khan Janjua clan of Rajput, he was born in the Rawalpindi district of the Punjab. He graduated from Government College, Lahore in 1956. He formally joined Pakistan Muslim League after graduation 1956 and has remained loyal with this political party for more than fifty years. He obtained a masters in political science from Punjab University, and a LL.B. from Punjab Law College, Lahore in 1958, then practised law from 1958 to 1981, and from 1987 to date as an advocate in the Supreme Court.

He was appointed as general secretary of Pakistan Muslim League in Rawalpindi district from 1963 to 1971. He was appointed as the president of Pakistan Muslim League District Rawalpindi in 1971 and continued till 1981. He was also nominated as a member of Central Working Committee of the Pakistan Muslim League in 1973. He was elected president of the Rawalpindi Bar Association 1977–78, and was elected vice-president of the High Court Bar in 1981.

He was placed on the Panel of Experts for Pakistan Law Commission. He was appointed as federal minister for Information & Broadcasting and Religious Affairs 1981–85. He has served as ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt in 1985–86. He was appointed as political adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan with the status of a Federal Minister 1986–87. He represented Pakistan in the United Nations General Assembly in the 45th Session in 1990–91. He was elected to the Pakistain Senate in 1991 for a six-year term, and again in 1997. He was elected as chairman of the Standing Committee on Law and Religious Affairs of the Senate 1991–94. He was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of Islamic International University, Islamabad in 1992–97.


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